Using the Hashtag Bbcyourquestions petrol bombs are thrown and a bus is hijacked and set on fire in another night of violence in belfast. Northern irelands Power Sharing Executive will meet later. Myanmar s ambassador in the uk is locked out of his London Embassy saying he and his staff were told to leave the building by myanmar s military, because of his opposition to the coup in his country. Public transport prepares for the next phase of Lockdown Easing in england. The industry reassures travellers that trains and buses will be safe. Good morning. Welcome to bbc news. Ministers are reassuring the public about the safety of the aztrazeneca coroanvirus vaccine after the official advice changed to say that adults under 30 should be offered an Alternative Jab. The uk Medicines Regulator, the mhra, said the evidence had been firming up that a link exists between rare blood clots and the vaccine. Astrazeneca says it is working with officials to try to understand what is causing these extr
Today. More details later on. Good morning. Its saturday, 9th february. Our top story a former executive at Sir Philip Greens Arcadia Group, was paid more than £1 million after accusing him of groping her, according to new claims in the Daily Telegraph. Several other former employees received six figure payments after alleging inappropriate behaviour, the newspaper says. Sir philip categorically denies he is guilty of any unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. Caroline rigby reports. Sir philip green, the boss of topshop, is one of britains best known businessmen. Yesterday, a judge allowed him to drop his injunction against the Daily Telegraph after a legal battle lasting six months. Today, more claims about his conduct appear in the newspaper. The telegraph says one senior female executive at Sir Philip Greens Arcadia Group was paid more than £1 million after he called her a naughty girl, slapped on the bottom, and groped her. Another executive, whos black, received around £1 millio
Hello, good morning. We have still got some very windy weather around in some areas this morning. The winds will gradually ease down and we are left with a day of sunshine and showers. Tomorrow wont be as windy. There will be sunshine, rain at times. It will feel chillier than today. More details later on. Its saturday, 9 february. Our top story. A former executive at Sir Philip Greens Arcadia Group, was paid more than £1 million after accusing him of groping her, according to new claims in the Daily Telegraph. The newspaper says several other former employees received six figure payments after alleging inappropriate behaviour. Sir philip categorically denies he is guilty of any unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. Caroline rigby reports. Sir philip green, the boss of topshop, is one of britains best known businessmen. Yesterday, a judge let him drop his injunction against the Daily Telegraph after a legal battle lasting six months. Today, more claims about his conduct appear in the n
Has pulled out meaning it could not mean its contract eventual requirements we first flagged problems in april of last year, and we have been tracking it since then, both in terms of its attempts to find a vessels, which have failed without exception. Largely because this port is very small. It is thought that backer Arklow Shipping has withdrawn for commercial reasons. Ferry services havent operated from ramsgate since 2013. The government hopes the port could offer extra capacity should dover become clogged after brex. So it is still possible ferries will stale from here. The department for transport says it in talks with other companies to supply service, with less than two months to go until brex timing is the owner of topshop paid a female employee more than £1 million to keep quiet after she accused him of kissing and groping her. The Daily Telegraph says the senior female employee , which it hasnt named for legal reasons , was one of five members of staff , who signed gagging o
Good afternoon. A controversial ferry contract awarded to a company which had no ships has been scrapped. Seaborne freight would have earned £118 million under a deal with the department for transport intended to provide extra capacity in the event of a no deal brexit. The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, had defended the deal saying he would make no apologies for supporting a new british business. His Department Says its cancelled the contract because the companys irish backer pulled out. Our business correspondent, rob young, reports. Preparations have been under way for weeks. Dredging started at ramsgate port at the beginning of january. The work was meant to ensure the port would be ready at the end of march, should britain leave the European Union without a deal. The plan was for Seaborne Freight to run regular services to ostend in belgium once it managed to get it hands on some ships, but now the company has now been stripped of its contract. The government says Seaborne F